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People do get E's on their EE's, and how they do that I don't know. Out of the possible 36 you can get, you have to earn 8 points or less to get an E. You literally have to go out of your way, completely miss the point of what you have to do, or write your EE in the wrong subject to get an E. However I'm pretty confident if your essay is predicted as an A/B it won't come back as a D or E unless your supervisor sucks and gave you an overinflated prediction or didn't know what they were doing.

Extended Essay markbands are as follows:

A: 30-36 Points

B: 25-29 Points

C: 17-24 Points

D : 9-16 Points

5: 0-8 Points

Edited October 1, 2011 by emyski

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Like emsky said, it'd be crazy to get an E on your EE. You really do have to go out of your way to manage it. Believe me, if you have an abstract, citations, headings, an outlines research question (not a good one) and something over 2,000 words, even if they're pure crap, you will earn more than 8 or 9 points on your EE. It's not very common to get an E on your EE. However, it does happen. At worst, you'd get a D, if you put in the effort of doing an abstract, references, having a research question and whatever else. Don't worry about getting an E. C's are common, because that's the average I guess. However, it all depends on what subject you do it in, your topic, your abilities to write and research, and finally, your supervisor. Just don't stress too much about it. IF you're REALLY worried, just aim for an A in TOK and you'll pass the diploma. But I guarantee you'll get more than an E if you put in SOME effort